Dance/Movement Therapy, MS
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
Both the MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development and MS in Dance/Movement Therapy Master's are 60-credit programs providing a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that is translated into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Artwork and/or movement is done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of fieldwork/internship/practicum. Both programs are for students who want a broad body of skills, balanced with a strong theoretical framework.
Academic-Year Format
The academic year format offers classes in a traditional manner, with classes in fall and spring semesters, for 15 weeks each semester. The cycle of classes is as follows: students take courses and fieldwork/practicum/internship from September through May for two consecutive years. Students in the low residency format are admitted for the spring semester only.
| Semester 1 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ADT-641 | Creative Arts Therapy I | 3 |
| DT-671 | Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy I | 3 |
| DT-673 | Studies in Movement Behavior I | 3 |
| ADT-645 | Group Creative Arts Therapy I | 3 |
| ADT-660 | Cultural Competency and Social Justice Issues in Creative Arts Therapy Practice | 3 |
| ADT-661 | Beginning Professional Practice and Clinical Supervision | 2 |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| ADT-640 | Development Of Personality I | 3 |
| ADT-642 | Creative Arts Therapy II | 3 |
| DT-675 | Improvisation | 3 |
| DT-674 | Studies in Movement Behavior II | 3 |
| ADT-632 | Research and Thesis | 3 |
| ADT-662 | Professional Practice and Clinical Supervision | 2 |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| ADT-630 | Clinical Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment | 3 |
| DT-672 | Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy II | 3 |
| DT-649 | Advanced Seminar in Dance/Movement Therapy I | 3 |
| ADT-655 | Development of Personality II | 3 |
| ADT-663 | Professional Ethics and Clinical Supervision | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| ADT-646 | Group Creative Arts Therapy II | 3 |
| DT-650 | Advanced Seminar in Dance/Movement Therapy II | 3 |
| ADT-664 | Professional Identity and Clinical Supervision | 2 |
| ADT-677 | Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning | 3 |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Total Credits | 60 | |
- Students will be able to identify and utilize their own internal processes in service of therapeutic interventions.
- Students will comprehend and apply creative and aesthetic processes in the context of creative arts therapy theory and practice.
- Students will be able to establish a therapeutic relationship using imagery, movement, symbolization, and verbalization; and recognize shifts within that developing relationship.
- Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of psychodynamic theory within the context of creative arts therapy practice in the service of diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing evaluation.
- Students will be able to articulate clinical theory and applied practice through writing, research, oral presentation, and professional advocacy across broad interdisciplinary communities.
- Students will be able to apply ethical and professional codes of practice as they apply to clinical practices, communities, and self.
- Students will be able to understand the intersectionality of power, privilege, and oppression as they apply to clinical practices, communities and self.